Press Releases

April 2000
Clicker 4 Raising Writing Standards

The new version of Clicker, winner of five BETT awards and Millennium Product status, is out now. Clicker 4 is a unique writing and multimedia tool, offering support and stimulation to children of all abilities.

The software includes a re-designed talking word processor in html format from which documents can be published straight to the internet or email. A range of templates for Clicker grids make it possible to create instant talking books or on-the-spot resources in the classroom.

Children from nursery age upwards can build their writing skills supported with speech and a thousand colourful graphics. Older children can have instant access to talking wordbanks or writing frames for every area of the curriculum.

A new pictorial spell checker is included, which allows teachers to decide exactly which words they want to target. “We have designed Clicker to build success, not make children feel they have failed,” explained Ann Crick. “We don’t want to discourage early writers by pointing out every word that is wrong.” Features like this and the child-friendly Sassoon font will help to raise standards in thousands of schools across the UK where children are using Clicker.

At the same time the multimedia potential of Clicker 4 can be used to stimulate and extend literacy work. You can set up on-screen resources which play video clips or midi files. Link them together like pages or at random, for interactive exploration. The possibilities are limited only by the imagination.

Free resources for users of Clicker are available from Crick’s website – www.cricksoft.com. The hugely successful Clicker Grids for Learning is a bank of Clicker grids from experienced teachers, providing a sharing of ideas and materials.

Clicker 4 is £90 for a single user, plus £10 for each additional computer on the same site. There is a discount of £40 for upgrades from any earlier version of Clicker. Switch access, for those who cannot use a mouse, is included in these prices.

Review copies: now available from Crick Software

Further Information: John Crick at Crick Software Email: john@cricksoft.com
Press Contact: Ruth Hamson Tel: 01604 671691 Fax: 01604 671692 Email ruth@cricksoft.com
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